NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has warned prospective applicants for the e-auction for the third phase of FM Radio not to be misled by unscrupulous elements since it has not appointed any persons to liaise on its behalf.
The Ministry has said all details will be available on its official website and will be consistently updated.
No consultants or advisers have been appointed by the Government, the Ministry said.
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MUMBAI: Guinness World Record holder and human beatboxing champion Shlomo has initiated a project �Voctronica' to create country's first all-vocal beatboxing orchestra.
To be a part of project, young Indian beatboxers can register on British Council official site till 10 December and upload their 5 min audition video on YouTube. Voctronica is conceptualized by British Council and is organized in association with Zomba. The project will be spearheaded by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy ...
MUMBAI: The 54th Grammy Awards has announced the nominations with Kanye West, Adele, Bruno Mars and Foo Fighters leading the pack.
Fourteen-time Grammy winning hip-hop artistes Kanye West has top the nominations with seven nods followed by Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars with six nominations each. Other Grammy nominees include Lil Wayne, Skrillex, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, Radiohead, Rihanna, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and many more.
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MUMBAI: Online music provider Spotify is adding free apps to its service to broaden its reach and expand. The streaming site has revealed a new music app platform which will allow third-party developers to create application that will link directly to its music library.
Spotify has partnered several web and media companies including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Fuse, Songkick, Tunewiki and LastFm. The apps are built in HTML5 using Javascript API to avail its access across multiple platforms.
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MUMBAI: Nokia has launched swap dual-SIM music phone 'X2-02' running on the Series 40 UI.
The music phone is embedded with 2.2-inch screen, 2MP camera, internal FM antenna, MP3 player, dedicated music keys, recording capability, in-built loudspeaker for music playback, and 32GB of memory space.
X2-02 also offers special features like audio processing and �Play via Radio' which allows user to record songs from the radio and enables to share it with the playlists on home m...
MUMBAI: Providing an unique initative for its fans, Sunburn in its fifth year has introduced an innovative concept of producing a user-generated feature film �Sunburnt - The Sunburn Movie'.
Fans across the globe can film their experiences at the fest and the short films, uploaded and shared by them will be compiled and edited into a 90 minute film by Percept Limited joint MD Shailendra Singh. The theme of the movie is inspired by Life in a day... by Ridley Scott.
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MUMBAI: The Elvis Presley series of �Elvis Country: Legacy Edition' has released a new chapter of the king's recording career with two 1971 deluxe albums through Sony Music Entertainment division RCA/Legacy.
The albums 'Elvis Country (Plus Three Bonus Tracks)' and 'Love Letters from Elvis (Plus Three Bonus Tracks)' will be available in physical and digital formats from 3 January.
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MUMBAI: Celebrating festive season, Singer- song writer Mariah Carey in collaboration with Grammy award winning R&B hitmaker John Legend will release a duet version of �When Christmas Comes'.
The duet version will be released next week in Urban AC and Mainstream radio formats and will be available for download on the iTunes store.
The video �When Christmas Comes' featuring John Legend is directed by Sanaa Hamri, who has also directed the video for Mariah Carey a...
MUMBAI: The annual rock music fest �South Asian Bands Festival' will kickstart from 2 December at Purana Qila in Delhi. The three-day music festival in its fifth edition will feature 15 popular rock bands from across nine nations of the sub-continent.
Presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs & SEHER.
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MUMBAI: Noted playwright, novelist, author of children's books, commentator, actor and documentary filmmaker Partap Sharma, remembered for his hosting of What's the Good Word, passed away this morning. He was 71.
In his illustrious career, Sharma voiced a number of radio commercials and TV commercials that led to his being recognised by the Ad Club of Mumbai for Lifetime Contribution to Advertising in 2000.
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